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> 4 WEEKS TO GO! *Support is growing for the March &

Rally in Lambeth on

> Saturday 20 November*
>
> THE NEW BRITAIN: DIVERSE, MULTIRACIAL AND UNITED -

THE ONLY ROAD TO
> PROGRESS
> (note: the assembly time has been changed to 1pm

Kennington Park)
>
> Support for the March is gathering momentum by the

day…
>
> ** Last week the Race Committee of UNISON in the

north of Ireland voted to
> send two delegates from Northern Ireland to

represent them on the
> demonstration and to have a speaker at the rally.
>
> ** In Bolton the local trades union council has

joined the black workers
> group and the UNISON branch in endorsing the march

and building a
> contingent.
>
> ** Birmingham UNISON, the biggest branch in the

whole country have
> endorsed,
> donated £200 and are bringing a contingent to the

march
>


> ** Norfolk County UNISON have endorsed, donated £250

and are bringing a
> contingent on the march.
>
> ** Wolverhampton Trades Union Council and trade

union groups and activists
> in other towns and cities are bringing contingents

to Lambeth for 20
> November.
>
> ** Lee Jasper (the Mayor of London's Director of

Equality and Policing) and
> the 1990 Trust have endorsed the March and will be

speaking there.
>
> They have joined groups like UNISON National Black

Members' Committee, the
> Black Londoners' Forum and the Lambeth branches of

the UNISON and NUT
> unions, and the many local community organisations,

including small
> businesses, that have endorsed the march. Among the

London groups that have
> recently decided to send contingents are Ashram (the

Lambeth Asian Elderly
> Day Centre), the Lambeth Mental Health and Disabled

Action Group, Life
> FM/BANG Entertainment Ltd. (community/youth radio)

in Brent, B&EMM (London
> Black & Ethnic Minority Members of the Fire Brigades

Union), and Eastern
> Command Group 3 branch of the Fire Brigades Union.
>
> This March will be a real turning point in building

a Civil Rights Movement
> in this country. Community and trade union groups

from across London and
> the
> country are responding to the struggle that has

developed in Lambeth. By
> building this march and bringing people to it you

can be part creating a
> movement that will put British society on a new

course towards racial
> equality.
>
> * Make sure you are on the March - bring your

friends, family and work
> colleagues.
>
> * Contact the Movement for Justice to get posters,

leaflets, endorsement
> sheets etc.
>
> * Get your union/community organisation to join the

ever-growing list of
> endorsers, organise a contingent and send a donation

towards the cost of
> the
> March.
>
>

****************************************************************************
> **
> CALL: 07976 916 956 or 07986 953 434
> EMAIL: movement4justice@???
>

****************************************************************************
> **
>
> The full list of endorsers is below….
>
> organisations and individuals:
>
> * UNISON National Black Members Committee
> * Lambeth UNISON
> * Lambeth National Union of Teachers
> * Make a Difference (over 50’s club)
> * FULLeBLUNT (Message Music)
> * The Eritrean Community in Lambeth
> * The Black Awareness Group (Southwark)
> * Wolverhampton, Bilston and District Trades Union

Council
> * London Region UK Youth Parliament
> * Black Londoners Forum


> * UNISON Greater London Regional Black Members

Committee
> * Cllr Lydia Serwaa (Lambeth councillor - Brixton

Hill)
> * Duwayne Brookes
> * The family of Ricky Bishop
> * Donna Spence (Comedienne)
> * Lorraine Brown (Comedienne)
> * Willard Estate TRA
> * UNISON Bolton Metro Branch
> * Bolton Metro Black Workers Group
> * B&EMM (London Black & Ethnic Minority Member of

the Fire Brigade Union)
> * The 1990 Trust
> * UNISON Greater London Region


> * Fire Brigades Union Eastern Command Group Three
> * Lee Jasper (Mayor of London Policy Director for

Equalities & Policing)
> * Lambeth Mental Health & Disabled Action Group
> * Columbian Refugee Association (Lambeth)
> * The Bennett Family
> * ASHRAM (Asian Elderly Group)
> * Life FM / BANG Entertainment Ltd. (Youth/community

radio project Brent)
>
> … and the following businesses:
>
> PC Planet (computer store Streatham Hill), Prime

store (Off Licence
> Kennington Lane), Dog House (Kennington Road), P J

Frankland Butchers
> (Vauxhall) Kunal Confectioner (Kennington), M

Bookers Greengrocer
> (Vauxhall), Fabric Care (Drycleaners, Brixton Hill),

Esmes Organic Food
> Store (Market Row Brixton), Arif Mbnmood (clothes

shop, Brixton), Café
> Pushkar (Coldharbour Lane, Brixton), Sportee Shoes

(Market Row, Brixton),
> Academy Photos (Coldharbour Lane, Brixton), Newlook

Fashion (Coldharbour
> Lane, Brixton), Step Forward Images (Coldharbour

Lane, Brixton), May Foods
> Restaurant (Market Row, Brixton), Manning

Photographers (Windmill Row),
> Joys
> Mini Market (Kennington), Amici Concepts Ltd

(Kennington road)
>


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